xterm

[Sedai]

im running a X-Server on my WinXP machine
im trying to start an xterm by telnetting to a UNIX station from it
i type
xterm -display 111.111.111.111:0.0 &

but i dont get a window on my screen
i tried to run the process in the foreground and yup, ot locks;
what could be the reason ?
the machine im connecting to is on my uni campus network, and im connecting from outside the networkl; is it possible that the our administrator has banned connections of term to outside x-servers ?
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
thanks guys.


Avendeval

 

[johngiggs]

Sedai,

Are you using the correct IP address of your PC when you execute the command? I'm guessing that you put 111.111.111.111 as an example, but I just wanted to verify.

John

 

[dblair]

xhost 111.111.111.111
then the xterm

 

[daFranze]

you have to run xhost only on the display you want to allow; ie. the XP box...

I suggest not to use displayname:0.0 but displayname:0

in csh:
setenv DISPLAY displayname:0
xterm

-> run a network sniffer in another terminal session eg snoop on a Solaris Box, maybe you can get a hint from the protocols there

Regards
-- Franz
Sorry I'm not a native spaeker, I'm from Munich, Germany - "Home of the Whopper", oh no, "Home of the Oktoberfest" ;-)
Solaris System Manager; I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years